Page 2: Historical Events In 1887

Feb 03   To avoid disputed natl elections, Congress creates Electoral Count Act in the year 1887.   

Feb 04   On this day in history interstate Commerce Act authorizes federal regulation of railroads   

Feb 05   Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" premieres at La Scala in Italy on this day in history.   

Feb 05   On this day in history snow falls on San Francisco   

Feb 08   Aurora Ski Club of Red Wing, Minn became the 1st US ski club on this day in history.   

Feb 08   In the year 1887 dawes Act passed (Indians living apart from tribe granted citizenship)   

Feb 09   Henry Zimmerman, baseball player (1912-batted .372 with 14 HRs) on this day in history.   

Feb 10   On this day in history ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73   

Feb 10   On this day in history [Fran J] Vital Celen, Flemish literary/author [or Feb 9]   

Feb 11   John van Melle, South African writer (Dawid Booysen) on this day in history.   

Feb 13   Alvin York, famed US soldier with 25 kills in WW I on this day in history.   

Feb 14   Cubs sell Mike King Kelly to Boston for record $10,000 on this day in history.   

Feb 15   Alexander Borodin, composer, dies in the year 1887.   

Feb 15   In the year 1887 h M Bateman, Sutton Forest NSW, cartoonist   

Feb 16   In the year 1887 1st newspaper convention (Rochester NY)   

Feb 17   In the year 1887 leevi Antti Madetoja, composer   

Feb 18   In the year 1887 nikos Kasandsakis, writer   

Feb 19   On this day in history eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66   

Feb 20   On this day in history 1st minor league baseball association organizes (Pittsburgh)   

Feb 20   David McKinley Williams, composer on this day in history.   

Feb 20   In the year 1887 germany, Austria-Hungary &France end Triple Alliance   

Feb 21   On this day in history 1st US bacteriology laboratory opens (Brooklyn)   

Feb 21   In the year 1887 first US bacteriology laboratory opens (Brooklyn)   

Feb 21   Oregon becomes first US state to make Labor Day a holiday on this day in history.   

Feb 21   On this day in history savielly [Xavier] G Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player   

Feb 22   On this day in history mary Ellen Chase, educator/author (Windswept, 1959 Sarah Hale Award)   

Feb 22   On this day in history union Labor Party organized in Cincinnati   

Feb 23   In the year 1887 congress grants Seal Rocks to San Francisco   

Feb 23   In the year 1887 congress grants Seal Rocks to SF   

Feb 23   In the year 1887 french/Italian Riviera struck by Earthquake; 2,000 die   

Feb 23   Oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer on this day in history.   

Feb 24   Mary Ellen Chase, US linguistic/author (White Gate) in the year 1887.   

Feb 25   Leonard Carey, England, actor (Laughter) in the year 1887.   

Feb 26   Benegal Narsing Rau, India, pres of UN Security Council (1950) on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of helen Parkhurst, US educator (Education on the Dalton plan)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of august Macke, German painter (d. 1914)   

Jan 10   In the year 1887 birth of robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea)   

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society)   

Jan 13   George Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 16   In the year 1887 birth of john Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman)   

Jan 17   Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975) was born in the year 1887.   

Jan 01   Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   On this day in history abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Theatre), dies at 74   

Jan 14   On this day in history friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83   

Jan 17   William Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840) died in the year 1887.   

Feb 10   Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 in the year 1887.   

Feb 15   Alexander Borodin, composer, dies in the year 1887.   

Feb 19   In the year 1887 eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66   

Feb 27   On this day in history alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53